Rutgers football adds home-and-home series with Maryland, starting in 2014

Rutgers and Maryland will reconvene on the football field in 2014 and again in 2019.Tim Farrell/The Star-Ledger

Previewing undefeated Rutgers and their Saturday game against SyracuseRutgers is inching closer to the 9-0 record that Tom Luicci predicted several weeks ago. This Saturday's home game against Syracuse could be their toughest remaining test en route to that milestone. Luicci is joined by Dave Hutchinson as the pair preview the game and discuss the rumblings around the Scarlet Knights this week. (Video by Michael Monday/The Star-Ledger)

Rutgers has added a home-and-home football series with Maryland starting in 2014, with the the Scarlet Knights first visiting College Park, Md., before the Terps return the trip by playing in Piscataway in 2019, according to an official.

The official requested anonymity because the contracts are not signed yet, even though Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson confirmed the 2014 game between the schools to Fbschedules.com and the Washington Times.

Rutgers is scheduled to play Penn State, Howard, Tulane and Navy in non-conference games in 2014, when the Big East will be a 12-team league and is expected to go to eight conference games. Navy is scheduled to join the Big East for football only in 2015.